novelraw Chapter 179 -179-Farewell, Kelly’s Gift
Chapter 179 -179-Farewell, Kelly’s Gift
Watching this scene unfold, Daniel clenched Stellar Wrath so tightly that it creaked in his grip.
He turned into a streak of light and charged forward at the very front of the battlefield!
So what if there were over ten thousand experts?
You lofty, high-and-mighty beings—when had any of you ever truly looked at lives as insignificant as ants?
Today, I’ll make you bow those arrogant heads!
"Kill—!"
Countless experts surged forward, and a storm of skills rained down on Daniel from all directions.
Daniel drew Stellar Wrath, and forbidden spells poured forth in a torrent!
Millions of burning meteors fell from the heavens, while great flakes of snow drifted gently downward.
But every single snowflake was a lethal weapon.
Countless bolts of lightning infused with thunder element struck the legendary-grade experts like they had gone mad.
Strings of damage numbers floated into the air.
-300,000,000!
-300,000,000!
-300,000,000!
...
At some point, a fine drizzle began to fall from the sky.
A rain the color of blood.
It was a scene of madness and carnage taken to the absolute extreme.
Kelly stood in the rain, letting it soak her.
She was already a peak legendary-grade powerhouse. She could have kept every drop from touching her.
But in this moment, she deliberately allowed the rain to fall on her body.
Her gaze never once left the distant battlefield on the horizon.
That was the core battlefield.
If the human race won, they would have hope of rising up and becoming masters of their own fate.
If the human race lost, they would remain forever the slaves of the non-human races.
And at this very moment, the outcome of victory or defeat rested entirely on one person.
Faustus!
...
Under Daniel’s relentless bombardment of forbidden spells, many legendary-grade experts did not even last a second before being instantly killed.
Faced with such terrifying forbidden spells, those legendary-grade experts went completely mad.
"How can a human possibly know forbidden spells?!"
"Are all you Godkin idiots? You actually passed forbidden spells to the human race?!"
"Godkin, you fools! Don’t tell me this is all some act you staged yourselves?!"
"An act? More like certain idiots never expected to be bitten back by their own slaves!"
As they died, the experts of every race screamed curses at the Godkin.
They could not understand it. Forbidden spells were supposed to be the Godkin’s most closely guarded secret—so how could this human use them?
Naturally, the first ones they suspected were the Godkin.
After all, it was the Godkin who had backed two of the Three Human Emperors, and they were the strongest force in this starry expanse.
But the Godkin experts themselves were dumbfounded.
Forbidden spells were the Godkin’s secret arts. How could they possibly have been handed to a human so casually?
And yet what was happening before their eyes was undeniable—a human expert was using forbidden spells to slaughter more than ten thousand legendary-grade powerhouses without leaving a single survivor.
"Which idiot did this?!"
"I refuse to accept this!"
The Godkin experts no longer even bothered to argue.
And arguing was pointless anyway, because death would soon come for them as well.
...
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, the Godscar dissipated.
A figure appeared once more.
Daniel stepped out of the Godscar and looked toward the players’ side of the battlefield.
By now, only a handful of players remained.
Those few who had managed to hold out until the end lasted only a few seconds more before they too were killed by the non-human races from the various worlds of the star sea.
Daniel coldly drew back Stellar Wrath.
"Permafrost Prison!"
-300,000,000!
-300,000,000!
Crash!
Once again, every living thing on the ground was wiped out in an instant.
At the same time—
[Ding! You have completed the quest [To the Last Drop of Blood]!]
[Notice: You have obtained the activation scroll for the special instance [Flame of Heritage].]
[Notice: You have obtained [forbidden-grade archer Class Awakening Scroll (Level 180)] ×1!]
The quest chain was complete!
Daniel ignored the Class Awakening Scroll for now. He still could not use it yet.
Instead, he took out the instance activation scroll.
[Flame of Heritage (Special Instance)] (Exclusive to Faustus)
Usage Requirement: legendary-grade
Current Status: Cannot enter
...
Daniel let out a long breath.
Well, this instance sure was picky.
It required legendary-grade status to enter, and he was still a ways off from that threshold. For now, he could only set it aside.
He stuffed the scroll into his inventory and lifted his head to scan the surroundings.
As far as the eye could see, there was not a single living creature left.
"So it’s finally over."
The moment he spoke, the entire space trembled with a buzzing rumble, as if someone had flipped it over from below.
"Scene transition—"
Daniel had gone back and forth inside this instance several times already. He was long used to it.
His expression did not change. He simply let the world before his eyes turn with a great whoosh, like the flipping of a page.
When he could see clearly again, he found that he was standing in Soul Devouring Vale once more.
It was still that same bright afternoon, with crystal-clear lake water and a soft breeze as smooth as silk.
Only now, the lakeshore was empty.
The girl who had once sat there barefoot washing her feet was nowhere to be seen.
It was as though it had all been a dream, leaving nothing behind when he awoke.
[Ding! The instance will close in three minutes.]
[Ding! The instance will close in one minute.]
Listening to the system’s cold countdown, Daniel did not hurry. He merely stood there in silence.
Then suddenly—
A streak of golden light shot across the distance, its trailing glow like a golden sword cleaving the sky in two.
Whoosh!
Clad in dazzling golden armor, Kelly landed hard in front of him, kicking up a gust of wind.
Daniel’s eyes lit up.
[Ding! The instance will close in fifty seconds.]
Fine beads of sweat covered Kelly’s forehead. She had clearly flown here at top speed, yet she did not even bother wiping them away.
She smiled at Daniel, though there was a trace of urgency in it. "Big Brother Faustus... are you leaving?"
Daniel smiled faintly. "Mm. It’s time for me to go back."
Kelly’s smile froze on her face.
She lowered her head, her voice so soft it was almost as if she feared disturbing something fragile. "Then... in the future... will I still be able to see you again?"
"Yes."
Daniel answered without the slightest hesitation.
"Really?"
Kelly suddenly lifted her head, and her eyes lit up like two lamps being kindled.
Seeing the look on her face, Daniel could not help but laugh.
"A legendary-grade expert can live for hundreds, even thousands of years as if it were nothing. As long as you live well, we’ll meet again sooner or later."
"Then it’s a promise! When the time comes, let’s meet here again, all right?"
Kelly looked at him eagerly.
Daniel nodded and agreed.
Only then did Kelly smile again, her eyes curving like crescents, as sweet as if she had stolen honey.
Suddenly, she extended one hand, palm down, fingers curled into a fist.
"Big Brother Faustus, I have something for you."
Daniel blinked. "What is it?"
"Just hold out your hand..."
Kelly’s cheeks flushed slightly red.
Daniel extended his hand.
He felt something warm fall into his palm, like a small stone that had been lying in the sun.
[Ding! The instance will close in five seconds.]
[Ding! The instance is about to close!]
The last thing Daniel saw was Kelly’s blushing smile, bright as the most radiant light in all of Soul Devouring Vale.
Whoosh—!
The scene before his eyes suddenly changed.
He had returned to the main world.
Squinting slightly, he looked around. It was broad daylight in Aetheria.
And the place where he stood was, unexpectedly, just outside Luminara.
Whether that landing point was coincidence or random chance, he had no idea.
He shook his head, still thinking about what had just happened.
The item Kelly had stuffed into his hand at the very end had not even triggered a system notification.
Could this "gift" be some kind of special item?
He lowered his head and slowly opened his palm.
Resting in his hand was a bracelet woven from multicolored cords.
The craftsmanship was not especially fine. It carried a rough, handmade quality, but every knot had been tied securely. It was obvious that real care had gone into making it.
"Hm?"
He leaned in for a closer look.
There were actually several strands of golden hair woven into the bracelet as well, twisted tightly together with the colored cord.
This was...
Kelly’s hair?
Daniel fell silent.
...